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TEST DRIVE # 15

Whether you're trying to figure out how your character would fare in this setting, trying to get some samples together, or just dipping your toes in the water, you've come to the right place! The Test Drive is here to make your life easy by letting you see what the game is like without actually joining it first. So here is how it works:

1: Post a starter with your character, including whether they are a god or shinki in the subject line.
2: Act like your character is established enough in the setting to allow your thread to go places.
3: Take on any god/shinki of your choosing, as long as they're not already in the game!
4: Comment around to the other people on the meme.
5: Have lots of fun!

To get you started, here are some ideas for thread-starters! Feel free to come up with your own ideas if these don't strike your fancy, though.

Sneaky Snakes

There are a number of snakes that have become possessed by a bunch of very sneaky ayakashi. They are slithering around, silently, snaring unsuspecting passersby into their trap - their trap to steal money. That's right, these snakes are busy snatching bills and coins from whoever they can. Try to put a stop to their thieving ways, or perhaps get thieved by them yourself.

Tummy Troubles

Many of the customers of a certain restaurant are complaining of the fact that their stomachs hurt after eating there. It could just be food poisoning, but many of these people are winding up in critical condition after a couple of days. It's time to figure out what the heck this cook is actually putting in the food.

Underwhelming Underwear

A family run business has been selling underwear for generations, but the underwear they sell is super boring and bland. Nobody wants to buy from them when cooler underwear is just around the corner. They've asked you to help them bring customers back in - by making their boring underwear seem as cool and hip as possible! How you do that is up to you.

Vividly Violet

There are so many ayakashi making their way through the air that at sunset the sky is turning an absolutely gorgeous shade of purple. Near Shore residents are reacting to this in varying ways. Many are delighted by the beautiful sky, but just as many are terrified that it's a sign of the end of times. Try to take down some ayakashi to make the sky less purple. Or just sit back and watch the beauty.

Wonder Wall

Anyways, there's this college boy who won't stop playing his acoustic guitar. He's from the US and is trying to pick up Japanese chicks. By now he should've somehow realized that they're totally not interested in him. But the song just keeps getting louder and louder and all that the people near the campus can hope is that today is gonna be the day that he stops playing. Maybe you're gonna be the one that saves them.

If you're uncertain about anything, feel free to check out the Premise, Rules, and FAQ posts. And don't hesitate to ask any questions you might have on the FAQ!
When and if you're ready to join the game, check out the Taken Characters before throwing in a Reserve and starting on your Application
Have fun!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Just stop him if he mistakes the boy for 'Goku' or something. That hairstyle is hard to miss.]

Yeah, I got pretty much the same talk but nothing makes sense, espeically if you're here. I thought maybe I screwed something up in the time machine when I was working on it. But even that's not here with me....

[ If the time machine got him here, then it should be here with him. But that doesn't explain Gohan's appearance.

Luckily, his 'current timeline' is pretty peaceful right now. More or less. So while he is restless to get back to it, it's nothing to overly urgent. Still, it can't be good that he's here. Or Gohan. The last thing he wants to cause are anymore messed up timelines.

Absently, Trunks pats his own chest]

I don't feel much different, then again ,I wouldn't know what being a 'god' is suppose to feel like... Maybe there are some others we can ask more about this.

Yeah, I wasn't expecting to see you either. [There's a pause, a thoughtful look masking his face.] This place seems to pull people here. I'm not sure if shinki qualifies in that same factor.

[If it was Trunks' time machine, some things might be simpler, but at the same time, it isn't.

And here Gohan was hoping for some peace right after the Majin Buu situation.]

Maybe. Who knows. We might find more people we know here.

I hope not....

[It sounds a bit heartless to say but running into more familiar faces would further complicate things. Especially considering timelines into the mix. Even now it's hard for him to pin point ~~where~~ when Gohan is from.

Trunks absently looks over Gohan again, frowning. He looks a little younger then his last visit to the past. Or maybe that's the lack of glasses? But surely a few years after the cell games. That much he's certain of.]

From what I understand about shinki, it's people that have died right? That can be just about anyone...

[Friends and foes, but if they lack memories...well that's going to be a whole other issue.]

[Gohan blinks a bit when Trunks looks at him, curious.]

Something the matter?

[How long has he really seen Trunks, anyway? Though, now that he's gotten a better look at him, something is different about him, too. It's nearly enough to get him to frown, trying to place what it is that makes Trunks feel different from the last time he's seen him.

A blink, though, before he just barely manages to hold back a grimace upon remembering Goten,]

Yeah, that's true.

[He cups his chin in thought.]